Spiel means “a long or fast speech or story, typically one intended as a means of persuasion or as an excuse but regarded with skepticism or contempt by those who hear it.” It can also be used as a verb.
I wonder if some of the lectures I attended during my school days can be called spiels. I didn’t feel so much skepticism. I didn’t feel anything at all, except being bored half to death. But the vanity of getting a good test score kept me going.
Have you experienced spiel? Please leave me a comment.
Haoyan Do 
The common usage of “spiel” is often close to the meaning of “rant”!
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I see. There are certainly a lot of rants I’ve listened to in my life. LOL. Thank you for visiting. 👍😉😍
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Thanks for visiting mine as well! No one likes a spiel OR a rant, hahahaha!!
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Spiels are fun. Helps to concentrate… And sometimes to get lost in a thought 😅
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That’s the spirit. Spiel and spiel more. Let others complain. I want to express myself no matter how flawed I am. So what?
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I’m probably the one inflicting spiels on others. Somebody has to do it or we would not have spiels.
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😂🤣🤣 That’s the spirit. LOL.
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Sometimes professors tend to spiel more than actually teach you something- as a university student I have heard a lot of spiel’s I didn’t need or want to lol.
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😊😉🤣That’s so true. Sigh.
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Totally agree 😅
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I grew up around a lot of Germans and always heard it pronounced with an “sh” as in “Shpiel.” I have heard it used about car salesmen. What he says may be true but what is not said is more to likely to the point. Or in a sense of, “I asked Herb a simple question and he gave me this whole, long, drawn-out spiel.”
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Wow, it is a German word by its origin. I just googled. LOL. And Shpiel sounds much better than spiel, I have to say. Somehow the “sh” sound make it closer to the suspicious nature of the word. 🤣😉😊
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lol. That’s true, too.
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Every day is spiel day for me 😛
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LOL. 🤣😂😜
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